rainbowchaser674 - 17 January 2008 07:59 PM

“Four Little Children”

By Anonymous

They asked not to come into this world;
They asked not to leave.

But their little lights were snuffed out
With all the world to see.

No fault of their own;
They did nothing wrong.
But still they received no reprieve.

Just shortened lives
As TV viewers watched live;
And wondered, Why?

Why did four little children
Have to die?

A watery death where they
Were thrown away and
abandoned to lie.

But there’s a happy ending to all
The news stories;
One that could not be told.

About four little children
Growing up in a place where
No one ever grows old.

(An anonymous poem from a retired newsman.)